Braider or corder



A. H. DE V'OE.

BRAIDEH 0R CORDER. APPIIcATIoII FILED ocr. I7. IQII.

Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

fog/62mg Patented @et 2li, i922.

lai-little Vntfiran arras satana ALBERT H. DE VOB, OF UTESTFELD, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE SXGER-MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, A CQRPORATON 0FNEVI JERSEY.

BRAIDER 0R COR-DER.

Application ledvctober 17, 1917. Serial No. 197,014.

To all 'whom t may concern:

.Be it known that I, ALBERT H. DE Von', a citizen of the United States,residing at llVestfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Braiders orCorders, of which the following is a speciication, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

rlhis invention relates to sewing machine attachments and. moreparticularly to that class of attachments much used for stitching braidor cord to a base material and commonly known as braiders or corders.

lt is desirable in stitching braid sometimes to sew in the center of thebraid and sometimes to sew along the edge. Inithe latter case theoperative without adroit manipulation may make the -braid stand onedge.l ln stitching cords, of which there are many varieties and sizes,the smart linish given thereby to hats and other articles of apparel isenhanced by laying the stitches close to one edge and not `diametricallythereof, for the reason that the cord tends to'roll or turn over afterbeing stitched and thus present the appearance of a blind stitched cord.Heretoforethese results have beenaccomplished in various ways but so faras known there is not a single presserfoot attachment extant-by whichboth central or edge stitching of braids or cords may be done.Accordingly it is an object of my invention toeXtend the scope or rangeof usefulness of a braider or corder by Vmaking thefguiding passageproper bodily adjustable relative to the needle and by making itsvsidewalls relatively adjustable to each other. e

ln the above mentioned classes ofwork it is highly desirable to be Aableto make sharp bends or turns in the bra-id or cord in order to duplicateleafv patterns or-other designs having a highly ornamental appearance.The present invention aims to permit the operative laying the cord orbraid in sharp bends without puckering the base material and to this endprovides blocks of very short length on the yunder side of the pressenfoot i u rear of the needle opening therein so that the cord or braidmay be laid with bights or bends as desired, at the same time insuringpenetration of the braid or cord by controlling and directing it untilitpasses beyond the needle.

The invention in its preferred form is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, 'in which Fig. l is a perspective view of the attachment asmounted on the sewing machine, a sample of centrally stitched braidbeing shown. F ig. 2 is a longitudinal sec! tion on the line #-5, F 3.Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line c-(Z, Fig. Q. Fig. 4 is a bottomplan view of the presser-foot. Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are details inperspective of the several parts of the attachment, Figs. 8 and 9illustrate kinds of workthat may be done with this attachment inaddition to that` shown in Fig. l.

The attachment may be used on any suitable sewing machine having aneedle l mov able in a fixed path which obviously may be curved as wellas straight. n the presser` bar 2 the attachment, in the form of apresser-foot, is secured by any suitable means, as for inst-ance thethumb-screw 3 and slot e in a shank 5. The sole portion 6 of thepresser-foot isprovided at its front end with a needle-opening 6 ofsubstantially rectangular shape. Flanking the needle-opening on oppositesides are the guide portions or blocks 7, preferably being made integralwith the presser-foot. The bottoni faces of the blocks 7 cooperate withthe feeddog to advance the work when' the braid or cord is thin and thesurface 6, in rear of the blocks 7 cooperates with the feed-dog likewisewhen the braid or cord is thick. But whether the braid or cord is thickor thin the cutting away of the presserfoot to form the substantiallyflat surface 6 in rear of the guide-blocks 7 and as wide as the solepiece 6 ypermits of laying the braid or cord with sharp bends and with aminimum of frictional resistance due tov the sliding of the body fabricAon the lower surface of the blocks 7 or of the bra-id or cordon the sureface G. For convenience in description the lower surface of blocks 7 maybe termed a work-engaging face and the surface G a braidor cord-engagingface. inwardly eX- tending portions 8 are formed on the blocks '7 inrear of the needle-opening and define a guiding channelof very shortlength which terminates substantially in'nnediately to the rear ofthestitching point. These offset portions are preferably rounded off attheir rear corners asindicated on the drawings so as not -to bite intothecord or braid when a sharp angle is made.

An offset and inclined portion 10 at the liront end oi'the presser-footis provided with a groove 11 receiving the plate like supporting arms 12and 13 of a pair ot oppositely L-shaped members formed as shown in thedrawings. The walls 14.` and 15 of these members constitute the top andbottom of the cordor braid-guiding passage proper, oit which passage thewalls 1G and 17 constitute the sides. Adjustment of the side walls toand troni each other, for the two-told purpose of aocommodatingdifferentsized braids or cords and ot locating the stitches laid by the needlecentrally or eccentrically ol the braid or cord, is afforded by theelongated slots 18--19 in each oiC the supporting arms through whichslots `passez-s thix shouldered screw Q() threaded into the oii'set andinclined ,portion 10. To steady the upper of the l.shaped members-asecond arni 21 is toi-med integral therewith and is lreceived within thegroove shown at 22 iii said inclined portion 10.

The 'front end portions lof the side walls 16-17 `are provided with lips2id-24e shaped and disposed at an anole to the inain por- Ition 1oi: theside walls as illustrated in the drawings. rlhese lips 'Q3-24 arelocated within the needle-opening on opposite sides of the needle.Together with the oli'set portions 8 of the blocks 7 the lips 23-2elconstitute a lchannel open downwardly ior directing a braid or cord atthe critical time when it is being stitched. The adjustment afforded bythe slots 18-19 is preferably made so as to favor the left-hand side oithe braid or cord *being `penetrated by the needle but obviously thelength or the slots and their location may be varied as desired Vclearthat the device is extremelV7 sini ole in construction, that it is welladapted to handle braid or cord of various sizes and that it will enablethe operative to stitch centrally or eccentrically (i. e., at the edge)of a braid or cord witlia single attachment.

`Having thus set forth the nature of the invention,- what I claim hereinis 1. A presser-foot having a sole-portion formed with a needle-hole andwith sepalrated guideportions on its bottoni face on Lopposite sides ofthe needle-hole, said guideportions defining a channel oit' lesslV\\'idth thanthe sole-piece and adapted to g'uide a `braid or cord as itpasses the needle-hole,

said sole-piece having a substantially flat braid or cord engaging faceas wide as said sole-piece and disposed in rear'ott and at a higherlevel than the bottoni faces ot said separated guide-portions.

2. ln a sewing machine, a presser-foot provided with a cord or braidguiding channel in its lower face and .with a needle passageway opening`into said channel, said channel terminating closely in rear Vof theneedle passageway, said presser-foot having a cord engaging` tace aportion of which defines the upper wall of said channel and the rest ofwhich is locatedin rear of the rear end of said channel, Vin combinationwith means for guiding and directinga cord oi' lbraid to said channel. i

i 3i ln a braider or corder or sewing inachines having a needle, .apresser-toot yprovided with an enlarged needle-opening, a braidorcord-guide supported on the front ot said presser-foot in advance ol':Said needle-'opening and having side walls directinfsgthe braid or cordunder the needle,A lips carried by said side walls extending` into saidneedle-opening, blocks on the lowerside of said ypresser-tootsubstantially in line with said lips and 'forming therewith abraidcord-guiding channel extending from a point in iront to a point inrear of said needle,

kand a braidor cord-engaging iai-e on the presser-foot in rear of saidblocks.

il. ln a sewing' machine having a needle operating in a lined xpath, apr eser-toot `provided with an enlarged needle-opening at the front oiits lowest portion, spaced blocks on said presser-foot defining a shortchannel leading trom the rear ot said neef elle-opening, in combinationwith means for leading,` a braid or cord to said channel, said meansincluding braidor edge-guidingelements located within saidneedle-openingon opposite sides ol said needle, saide'leinents being`adjustable laterally relative `to the needle whereby braid or cord maybe directed centrally or eccentrically to the needle. y i

5. ln a sewing machine having `r a needle, a braidor cord-guiding)member, a presserfoot provided with a 'needle-hole, and bloclis on thelower face of said presser-tootspaced apart on opposite sides oi saidvneedle. adjacent said needle-hole 'and .delining a. channel in linewith the braid or cord-guiding inember, said blocks terminating short ofthe i, :rear end of the lower 'tace :of the presseryfoot.

6. In a sewing machine having a needle, a :braid-or cord-guiding memberadjustable transverse the line of seam-formation and controlling` thebraid or cord until it passes the needles, a presser-"foot provided with`a `needle-opening, into which said braidoi' cord-guidingmember-extends, blocks on the lower face of said presser-:toot onopposite i sides oit: the line yot seani-forniation and deiiining achannel dead-ing- `from the needleopening, said channel beingct shortlength relative to the sole-portion `oi. Lthe ,presserfoot.

7. In a sewing' machine, a presser-foot provided with a needle-openingand a cordor braid-guiding channel in its lower face, a cord-engagingface on the presser-foot a portion of which defines the upper wall ofsaid channel and the rest oi' which is located in rear of said channel,in combination with, means for guiding and directing a cord or braid tosaid channel in the presser-foot, said means being adjustable laterallyrelative to the needle-opening.

8. In a sewingmachine having a needle operating in a fixed path, apresser-foot provided with an enlarged needle-opening at the front ofits Work-engaging portion, spaced blocks on said presser-ootdening aShort channel `leading from the rear of said needle-opening, incombination with means for leading a braid or cord to said channel, saidmeans including braidor edge-guiding elements located Within saidneedle-opening on opposite sides of said needle, at least one of saidvelements being adjustable laterally relative to the needle wherebyvarious sized braids or cords may be stitched along one of their edges.

9. In asevving machine, a presser-foot having a needle-opening',laterally, adjustable cord or braid-guiding means in advance of saidopening, and short laterally spaced guide-blocks in rear of saidopening.

10. In a sewing machine, a presser-foot having a needle-opening, cord orbraidguiding means adjacent one side of said opening, means whereby saidguiding means may belaterally adjusted, and a relatively shortguide-channel disposed adjacent the opposite side of the needle-opening.

l1. In a sewingmachine, a presser-foot ing surface in rear of theneedle-opening,

and short spaced guides on said sole for laterally connin the cord orbraid immediately adjacent ie needle-opening.

13. In a sewing machine, a presser-foot having a needle-opening, arelatively extended adjustable cord or braid-guide in advance of thestitching point for guiding cord or braidl centrally or eccentrically tosaid point, and a relatively short guide projecting from thepresser-foot in rear of the stitching point, whereby the cord maybe laidinbends Without deformation at the stitching point.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication.

ALBERT H. DE VOE.

